---
name: "Dolly Tree"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dolly-tree"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "17 March 1899"
died: "17 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-20T00:44:00.055554+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dolly Tree

Costume designer. Born 17 March 1899 in Bristol, England, UK. Died 17 May 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 17 March 1899, Bristol, England, UK
- **Died:** 17 May 1962
- **Active:** 1931–1942
- **Also known as:** Dorothy Marian Isbell
- **Frequently works with:** [David O. Selznick](https://film.one/person/david-o-selznick.md), [Edna May Oliver](https://film.one/person/edna-may-oliver.md), [Minna Gombell](https://film.one/person/minna-gombell.md)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Romance 6, Drama 5, Adventure 3, Comedy 2, History 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $9m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Tree, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3033970, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871675/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32442

## Biography

Dolly Tree (born Dorothy Marian Isbell) was an English costume designer, illustrator and actress. She began her career designing posters and programme covers for London theatre productions in the late 1910s, later working on cabaret and stage shows in London and Paris, where she became the first Englishwoman to design for the Folies Bergère.

In 1926 she moved to the United States. She created costumes for the 1928 Broadway production of *Diamond Lil* starring Mae West, then worked in Hollywood, first at Fox Studios from 1929 to 1931 and subsequently at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer until 1942. Her film credits include *Bad Girl* (1931), *The Thin Man* (1934), *A Night at the Opera* (1935), *David Copperfield* (1935) and *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935). She designed for actors including Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Rosalind Russell and Judy Garland.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Test Pilot* (1938), Fi1m 73, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/test-pilot.md)
- *The Good Earth* (1937), Fi1m 64, Wardrobe Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-earth.md)
- *Libeled Lady* (1936), Fi1m 77, Wardrobe Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md)
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), Fi1m 76, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md)
- *David Copperfield* (1935), Fi1m 81, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)
- *The Thin Man* (1934), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md)
- *Bad Girl* (1931), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-girl.md)

## Complete filmography (110)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Thunder Birds* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Pied Piper* (1942), Costume Design
- *Tales of Manhattan* (1942), Costume Design
- *Ten Gentlemen from West Point* (1942), Costume Design
- *Billy the Kid* (1941), Costume Design
- *The Bad Man* (1941), Costume Design
- *The Trial of Mary Dugan* (1941), Costume Design
- *The Wild Man of Borneo* (1941), Costumer
- *Maisie Was a Lady* (1941), Costume Design
- *Go West* (1940), Costume Design
- *Little Nellie Kelly* (1940), Costume Design
- *Dr. Kildare Goes Home* (1940), Wardrobe Designer
- *The Golden Fleecing* (1940), Wardrobe Designer
- *I Love You Again* (1940), Costume Design
- *Gold Rush Maisie* (1940), Costume Design
- *We Who Are Young* (1940), Wardrobe Designer
- *Sporting Blood* (1940), Costume Design
- *Andy Hardy Meets Debutante* (1940), Wardrobe Designer
- *20 Mule Team* (1940), Costume Design
- *Congo Maisie* (1940), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Secret of Dr. Kildare* (1939), Wardrobe Designer
- *Another Thin Man* (1939), Costume Design
- *At the Circus* (1939), Costume Design
- *Thunder Afloat* (1939), Costume Design
- *They All Come Out* (1939), Wardrobe Designer
- *On Borrowed Time* (1939), Costumer
- *Stronger Than Desire* (1939), Wardrobe Designer
- *Maisie* (1939), Costume Design
- *Tell No Tales* (1939), Wardrobe Designer
- *6,000 Enemies* (1939), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Kid From Texas* (1939), Costume Design
- *The Ice Follies of 1939* (1939), Costume Design
- *Fast and Loose* (1939), Wardrobe Designer
- *Stand Up and Fight* (1939), Costume Design
- *The Girl Downstairs* (1938), Wardrobe Designer
- *The Shining Hour* (1938), Costume Design
- *Spring Madness* (1938), Costume Designer
- *Too Hot to Handle* (1938), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Chaser* (1938), as Wardrobe Master
- *Fast Company* (1938), Wardrobe Designer
- *Lord Jeff* (1938), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Paradise for Three* (1938), Wardrobe Designer
- *Yellow Jack* (1938), Wardrobe Designer
- *Test Pilot* (1938), Costume Designer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/test-pilot.md)
- *The First Hundred Years* (1938), Wardrobe Designer
- *Arsène Lupin Returns* (1938), Wardrobe Designer
- *Of Human Hearts* (1938), Wardrobe Designer
- *Rosalie* (1937), Costume Design
- *Thoroughbreds Don't Cry* (1937), Wardrobe Designer
- *Navy Blue and Gold* (1937), Wardrobe Designer
- *Live, Love and Learn* (1937), as Wardrobe Master
- *Madame X* (1937), Costume Design
- *My Dear Miss Aldrich* (1937), Wardrobe Designer
- *Big City* (1937), Wardrobe Designer
- *A Day at the Races* (1937), Wardrobe Designer
- *The Good Earth* (1937), Wardrobe Supervisor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-earth.md)
- *Night Must Fall* (1937), Costumer
- *The Good Old Soak* (1937), Costume Design
- *Espionage* (1937), Costume Design
- *After the Thin Man* (1936), Costumer
- *Sinner Take All* (1936), Wardrobe Designer
- *Mad Holiday* (1936), Wardrobe Designer
- *Libeled Lady* (1936), Wardrobe Supervisor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md)
- *Sworn Enemy* (1936), Costume Designer
- *Suzy* (1936), Costume Designer
- *The Devil-Doll* (1936), Wardrobe Designer
- *Fury* (1936), Costume Design
- *Trouble for Two* (1936), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Absolute Quiet* (1936), Costume Design
- *The Unguarded Hour* (1936), Wardrobe Designer
- *Three Godfathers* (1936), Wardrobe Designer
- *Wife vs. Secretary* (1936), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Garden Murder Case* (1936), Costume Design
- *Exclusive Story* (1936), Costume Design
- *Three Live Ghosts* (1936), Wardrobe Designer
- *Riffraff* (1936), Wardrobe Designer
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md)
- *Whipsaw* (1935), as Wardrobe Master
- *Kind Lady* (1935), Costumer
- *A Night at the Opera* (1935), Costume Design
- *Rendezvous* (1935), Wardrobe Designer
- *It's in the Air* (1935), Costume Design
- *The Bishop Misbehaves* (1935), Wardrobe Designer
- *Woman Wanted* (1935), Wardrobe Designer
- *Mad Love* (1935), Costume Design
- *Escapade* (1935), Costume Design
- *Public Hero Number 1* (1935), as Wardrobe Master
- *Age of Indiscretion* (1935), Wardrobe Designer
- *The Casino Murder Case* (1935), Wardrobe Designer
- *Times Square Lady* (1935), Wardrobe Designer
- *Shadow of Doubt* (1935), Wardrobe Designer
- *David Copperfield* (1935), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)
- *The Night Is Young* (1935), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Gay Bride* (1934), Wardrobe Designer
- *A Wicked Woman* (1934), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Hide-Out* (1934), Wardrobe Designer
- *Straight Is the Way* (1934), Costume Supervisor
- *The Thin Man* (1934), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md)
- *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), Costume Design
- *You Can't Buy Everything* (1934), Wardrobe Designer
- *She Wanted a Millionaire* (1932), Costume Design
- *Skyline* (1931), Costume Design
- *Transatlantic* (1931), Costume Design
- *Bad Girl* (1931), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-girl.md)
- *Sporting Blood* (1931), Costume Design
- *Annabelle's Affairs* (1931), Costume Design
- *Just Imagine* (1930), Costume Design
- *The Arcadians* (1927), Costume Designer
- *Love in a Wood* (1915), Actor

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